Wagon construction



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Inuenfor ThomasX.Dufi 5 Afiorneg Patented Apr. 15, 1947 WAGONCONSTRUCTION Thomas I. Duffy, Grand Haven, Mich., assignor toAnderson-Bolling Mfg. 00.,

Grand Haven,

Mich, a corporation of Michigan Application February 28. 1945, SerialNo. 580,140

11 Claims.

The present invention is directed to a wagon construction, particularlyin connection with the front of wagons of the so-oalled express type,-small in size and in general largely used by children. It is a primaryobject of the present invention to provide a novel construction of thefront running gear for a wagon of this type which is simple andeconomical to produce, readily assembled and installed, durable inoperation and having ample strength for all service to which it may benormally subjected.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a wagon having my invention appliedthereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged longitudinal vertical section throughthe front portion of the wagon.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section substantially on the plane of line 4-4 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical section through the tongue andchange direction structure at the front end of the wagon.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the forward portion of the wagon with the bodyremoved, its position being indicated in dash lines.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged plan view of the attachment used forconnecting the lower member of the tongue construction to the frontaxle.

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section substantially on the plane of line 8-8 ofFig. 5.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary vertical section of a modified form of structureillustrating similar construction to that shown in Fig. 5 but with the.

section at right angles to the plane of the section shown in said Fig.5.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary vertical section of such modified structuresimilar to and in the same plane as in Fig. 5, and

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary horizontal section on the plane of line l [-4 Iof Fig. 9.

Like reference characters'refer to like parts in the different figuresof the drawings.

The body I of the wagon, preferably of steel has a horizontal bottom 2and at the rear of the wagon rear wheels 3 are secured in any suitablemanner for supporting the body above the ground.

At the front a front axle 4 extends below and transversely of thebody,'being provided with wheels 5 at its ends.

2 Associated with the axle 4 is a bolster 5 made of sheet metal insubstantially channel form having front and rear vertical flanges 5connected at their upper edges by an integral web I, the central portionof which is pressed upwardly into a boss 8 which has a central verticalopening therethrough, U-shaped clamps 9 embrace the bolster at its endsbetween suitable spaced ribs projecting therefrom and the depending legsof the clamps are secured together and clamped against the bolster bycross pins I0 headed or riveted at their ends as shown (Fi 4).

A lower tongue member I I of sheet metal, and

in an inverted channel form, is connected at its rear end to the frontaxle 4 substantially midway between its ends. The upper web of thechannel is extended at the rear and turned upwardly, as at l2 (Fig. 5),and a securing clip I3 is provided curved to engage the upper side ofthe axle 4 and with upwardly turned spaced apart terminal hooks I4(Figs. 5 and '7) which pass through slots made in the section l2. At itsfront end the clip I3 is extended forwardly in a section I 5 to lieagainst the upper side of the tongue member H and is secured in place bymeans of stove bolts I6.

The tongue construction also contains an upper member I! also of sheetmetal in an inverted channel form, the rear end of which is shaped at I8 to engage the boss 8 and lying over the upper side thereof. The twotongue members I! and H converge toward each other in front of the wagonand each at its front end has a portion of its upper web cut away sothat the projecting side flange portions Ila and Ila, respectively (Fig.6), lie along side of each other with the flanges Ila preferably insideof the flanges Ila. The immediate tongue l9 at its rear or lower end isreceived within a box or frame 20 of sheet metal and a pin 2! is passedthrough the flanges Ila and Ila, the ends of the box and the tonguemember l9, connecting the parts together and permitting the tongue l9 tobe swung from its rear upper position as shown in Fig. 1 to a forwardposition in which it extends in front of the wagon.

A vertical kingpin 22 at its lower end is secured to an inverted channelbase 23 located substantially horizontally between the lower edgeportions of the sides 6 of the bolster and secured thereto. Such kingpinextends upwardly, and preferably at a slight inclination to the rear,through the opening in the boss 8 and a corre-

